While not low calorie, this trail mix has the energy to keep you going and it’s full of delicious ingredients that are great for you. Better still, your kids can mix it up since no knives or flames required! Heart Healthy Trail Mix Makes 3 cups 1 cup toasted Brazil nuts or almonds 1/2 cup […]
We eat these sweet potato “fries” at least once a week in our house because they are delicious, good for you and cost just pennies to make.
This was given to us by a fellow hockey mom who knows that veggies are only good for you if actually eaten.
Take the fruits that are in season in the winter and make a super-healthy, low-calorie salad. A nice change from wooly tomatoes and lettuce.
Forget tomatoes! Mangos will soon be in season and they make a delicious salsa.
Artichokes and sushi and turnips, oh my! You’re at the country club with the grandparents—in the dining room that’s way too fancy for your kids—but without any theatrics, your child looks at the menu and says, “I’ll try the duck, please.” Or the broccoli sautéed in garlic. Or the bibimbap (that’s when you’re at […]
Need some ideas for what to do with a store-bought rotisserie chicken? This recipe is adapted from Food & Wine’s new cookbook, “Reinventing the Classics.” It’s much simpler than normal potpie, with a crust made from slices of bread. Total genius. Serves 6 Total time: 45 minutes 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened 1 onion, finely […]
On your busiest days, you need meals that you can throw in your slow cooker and ignore.
Yank those half-dead mums and fill your planters for winter before it’s too late and you have to look at brown lumpy things all winter long. Too hard, you say? Nonsense.
Your husband would be perfect if he just … stopped slouching, remembered you hate red roses, offered to drive the carpool once in a while, stopped biting his nails, etc. And your kids? Also perfect they would stop procrastinating, clean their rooms and put down their phones! Do you keep these constructive criticisms to yourself? […]
